Tag - Women
It is routine work for 43 year old Helen Rawlins. For years now she finds peace saving women forced into marriages. She knows the way the cruel world acts upon their daughters. She wants a change. She might not be able to change the mentality of the...
The strict Islamic laws restricting movement of women, takes preposterous dimension in Saudi Arabia where men and women are treated in a manner as if they are two different species. Shrouded in dark colored abayas or traditional Saudi attires for...
Bangladesh is terribly in hot water as the protest for gender equality is underway. Hundreds are currently experiencing the lashes of the patriarchal system of male dominance over women.
What the country is undergoing is a long-battle with a noble...
It is still a paradox as to what many religious leaders of the Islamic community preaches and practices. Some says that it is the duty of the Muslim women to draw the veil whether they are amidst the public forum or at home, but the unfortunate...
Though women are cattle for some men, these latter are constantly disturbed and agitated by mere cows. So when I hear of Iraqi terrorists insisting on killing Christian women if they do not cover their faces in Basra University, I wonder about whom...
Women are less than cows, but yet their sexual allure is distracting Muslim males who are no less than lions. The Taliban in Afghanistan publicly thrashed women for joy. And now a mullah in Malaysia has blamed women for snatching men’s sleep. Nik...
Over the years, in every religious society, women have always been considered as physically and mentally subordinate and unproductive to men. The trend might have reduced somewhat in the 21st century due to the advent of media, women commissions, NGOs,...
The fatty and bulldozer sized women folk of Mauritania are now coming out of age. They are shedding their biased ethos of being bulky and putting themselves in to exercise regimen to shape and size their bodies. Though, the thousands of women living...
"The real ornament of woman is her character, her purity", said Mohandas Gandhi.
When we come to think of sex trade-we usually end up thinking it as a trade which women follow as a shortcut to wealth and other means. However, the women of Iraq...
Women might be narcissist, yet they can be a venomous threat if circumstances call for it. This is the latest news that has shaken the powered task forces in many parts of the world. Unlike the stereotyped perception that a woman in the Muslim...
Laurie A. Brand in her book Women, the State, and Political Liberalization has talked about the problems faced by the women and political liberalization. She has given the various references in the book through her experience of women in Eastern Europe...
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Women, the State, and Political Liberalization, Laurie A. Brand, Books, Eastern Europe, Latin America, Politics, Political liberalization, Social liberalization, Muslim women, Womenz, Politics & Society
Saudi women appear to be happy with their present status. A close aide of George Bush on a PR visit to Saudi Arabia has been told that the Saudi women are not happy with the American media for wrongly portraying their image as an ”unhappy” lot. The...
For a change, Gen Pervez Musharraf did open his mouth against the US, where he hardly finds anything wrong! He said that rape and other kinds of violence against women are a global phenomenon and that it would be factually incorrect to single out...
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Pakistan, Musharraf, America, Violence Against Women, Europe, President, Islamabad, Conference, Women, Muslim, Violence, Rights, Gen Pervez Musharraf, Politics & Society
Female circumcision is a “rite of passage” for young girls from childhood to adulthood. This cruel practice involves the removal of the clitoris and other parts of the female genitalia. Followers of this practice believe that it is an effective way...
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female circumcision, genital cutting, female genital mutilation, cutting, rite of passage, barbaric, girls, women, tradition, Amnesty International, World Health Organization, Middle East, Africa, Senegal, Britain, Somalia, sexuality, Politics & Society
Just a few days back, a survey was made among the ethnic minorities in UK, which states that the Muslim women from Pakistan and Bangladesh are suffering from job discrimination because of their religious attire. A lot of outcry was heard from many...
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